Ivan Kireyevsky
Rating: 8,8|Votes: 10
For Kireyevsky, the idea of the integrity of spiritual life was central to philosophy. It is precisely “integral thinking” that allows the individual and society to avoid the false choice between ignorance, which leads to “inclination of the mind and heart away from true convictions,” and logical thinking, which is capable of drawing a person away from all that is important in this world.
Bishop John (Rudenko), Valery Konovalov, Michael Ustyugov
Rating: 9,5|Votes: 20
The journey Bishop John made to his current role was not a simple one. Before Vorkuta he served in the Ivanovo Region for a long time, but was actually born in Novosibirsk, where he defended his dissertation in radiophysics, worked as a researcher, and taught. That is, before he suddenly changed his life.
Fr. Sergius Chetverikov
Rating: 9,1|Votes: 37
Before answering that question, I want to say a few words to those who assert that one should not “impose” religious beliefs on children.
Constantine Beliy, Eleonora Sablina
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 38
Therefore, despite the problems and difficulties, thank God, the spirit of a living Christian community has been largely preserved.
Aleksei Solonitsyn
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 16
Services at the Monastery of St. John the Baptist were closely tied to the Eastern Rite, and pilgrims from Russia suggested to Brother Basile more than once that he should become Orthodox. And he thought much about that.
Priest Igor Zyryanov
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 45
In 2009, the well-known Russian Protestant pastor Igor Zyryanov converted to Orthodoxy along with his entire community of neo-Pentecostals. We spoke with Fr. Igor about his discoveries in Orthodoxy, as well as about the best way to speak with Protestants about the true faith.
Fr. Joseph Gleason
Rating: 9,1|Votes: 61
Fr. Joseph Gleason, who had upped stakes from rural Illinois with his wife and eight children and moved to Russia. Here is Fr. Joseph’s explanation to him of why he and his family chose this non-standard path, and how it has turned out for them.
Priest Dimitry Torshin
Rating: 9,5|Votes: 39
What happens when people follow the will of God, no matter how strange or unexpected it may seem, and what ensues when they stubbornly insist on having their own way? Find the answer in these three stories of Fr. Dimitry Torshin, the priest of the Church of the Dormition in Ozerskoye (Podborki) Village near Kozelsk.
Alexei Kashkin
Rating: 8,5|Votes: 13
In this article, professor of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary and author of the textbook The Typikon of Orthodox Worship Alexei Kashkin tells us about the Presanctified Liturgy.
Vladimir Krupin
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 62
Fr. Paul, a monk, told me a story that happened to him. He told it as if it was how it all should have been. I was struck by this story, and I will retell it now—I think it will prove amazing not just for me.
Priest George Maximov, Anton Gotman
Rating: 9,9|Votes: 23
The guest of today’s program is Anton Gotman, who had been practicing Buddhism for a long time. In this interview, he will tell us what he was looking for but couldn’t find in Buddhism and how Christ touched his heart.
Archpriest Gregory Hallam
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 41
Fr. Gregory had previously served as an Anglican priest, but in 1992 he became disappointed in Anglicanism and embraced Orthodoxy. Three years later he was ordained and since then has served at a parish of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in Manchester—one of the largest English cities—for over twenty years.
St. Herman of Alaska Missionary Brotherhood
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 21
Speaking with strangers in streets about the innermost things is a real challenge, a personal podvig which can only be performed by somebody who came to wholeheartedly believe in the Truth and strives to live according to Its will.
Rating: 8,2|Votes: 34
In this short video, well-known Russian priest Fr. Andrei Tkachev talks about the phenomenon of people converting to Orthodox Christianity throughout the world, here esecially focusing on America and Turkey. As Fr. Andrei explains, people are looking for the deeper undercurrent of their lives and cultures, and are finding it in the Christ's true Orthodox Church.
Lolita Naranovich
Rating: 8,7|Votes: 41
All the names of the people I talked with have been changed. They agreed to tell me about their greatest secrets in the hope that these stories will help people understand that no matter how dark the night, there is always a path to the light.
Rating: 9|Votes: 32
The text explains the problem of the human condition and the Orthodox theology of how Jesus Christ came to save fallen mankind, also offering an overview of the Ten Commandments and how to apply them in our lives.
Priest George Maximov, Elena Smirnova
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 42
Sometimes the journey to the Light takes people through years of serving dark forces. This is what happened to Elena Smirnova. She used to practice witchcraft and esoteric arts, and summon evil spirits.
Fr. John Valadez
Rating: 8,6|Votes: 16
In this engaging video, Fr. John Valadez speaks of the soul-destroying pitfalls of the punk culture he once found himself wrapped up in, and how the zine Death to the World, founed by former punks turned monks, helped him and many others to find the light of Christ in the Orthodox Church.
Priest George Maximov, Alexander Lyulka
Rating: 8,8|Votes: 27
Alexander read many atheistic and anti-Christian books trying to convince himself that Christianity was unviable, but discovered the depth and intellectual power of Orthodoxy instead. He will tell us how his intellectual quest led him to faith.
Marina Alexeyeva
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 11
He awoke at the grinding sound of the door opening. The guards had come. Releasing Tolya from the handcuffs, they led him upstairs. “Well, this is it,” he thought, “now they are going to kill me and my wasted life is going to end.” They took him outside. Anatoly winced, thinking it’s the end.
